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The Adventures of Kintaro, the Golden Boy.
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and I fear it would be very difficult to do as you say. Because of his great strength as an infant I hid him away in this unknown part of the country, for he hurt everyone that came The Kind General gradually unfolded his Plan
The Kind General gradually unfolded his Plan.
near him. I have often wished that I could, one day, see my boy a knight wearing two swords, but as we have no influential friend to introduce us at the Capital, I fear my hope will never come true."

"You need not trouble yourself about that. To tell you